keep in shape and lose weight for the new year

My weight loss New year resolution. What i'm changing.

Diet and exercise
- Workout 6 days a week.
-get at least two hours of exercise in every day.
- Eliminate sweets, sugars, oily foods, junk, fast foods, whites and anything unhealthy.
- Incorporate more fruits and vegetables in my diet.
- Drink more water.
- Don't eat because I'm bored but instead drink water.
- When craving sweets i will go brush my teeth instead. Brushing my teeth will prevent me from wanting any sugary sweets or treat.
- Portions. Will ensure that i'm getting my portions right. I cup veggies, 1/2 cup starch, 4 oz chocken or meat.
-Avoid eating dairy. Switch to lean meats, soy products, whole grain and whole wheat.
- Avoid chicken with fat.
- Avoid fried foods.

20 Secrets of Very Fit People by chalene johnson

20 Secrets of Very Fit People

Chalene Johnson

Here are a few Turbofied tips. Read these tips, then print and post them so you have them as a daily reminder. Look at exercise as a pleasure and a privilege, not a burden or chore. Think positively about the changes regular exercise will produce. Rather than obsessing about your next meal, get excited about your next workout! Focus on short-term fitness goals with an emphasis on completing daily exercise. Work to take your exercise to new levels of intensity. Make it your goal to do some form of exercise 6 or 7 days a week. If some days you exercise once in the morning and once in the evening, even better! If you're eating right, exercise will fuel your energy level! Create an exercise schedule the day before instead of leaving it to chance or waiting to "find" the time. If the last three Presidents of the United States can make time to work out every day, you can make time too! Enjoy contributing to the health of others by having a partner or friends to exercise with, as well as recruiting others who want to feel better and have more energy. Have a neighbor who's sitting on the porch every morning when you walk by? Ask him or her to join you on your walk! Avoid monotony by taking up new forms of exercising, or using things that keep you motivated and inspired, like new shoes or great music. Invest in the right tools—good shoes, a portable MP3 player or iPod®, fitness equipment, a new series of tapes, etc. Subscribe to fitness magazines to keep focused on health as an overall way of life. Eat well-balanced meals and remember that excess calories, even if they're from food that's fat free and high in protein, will turn to excess weight. No matter what the latest fad diet says, extra calories equal extra weight! Limit caffeine and exposure to even secondhand smoke. Keep a water bottle with you at all times and drink from it often. Water should always be your drink of choice. To kick things up every once in a while, try adding lemon, lime, cucumber, or a few berries to liven up the flavor without adding significant calories. Stick with eating plans you can maintain indefinitely. Remember that no matter how hard you're working out, if you're consuming too many calories, you'll never see the muscles that lie beneath layers of fatty tissue. Keep a daily log of what you're actually eating. This includes every time you grab a handful of chips here or eat the crust of your kid's sandwich there, and ALL of your snacking. Enjoy an occasional (once a week) "unhealthy" treat, but never an unhealthy week or unhealthy vacation. If your diet is unbalanced, take daily vitamin and mineral supplements for total health. Don't compare your body to others'. Instead, work to be your personal best. Move beyond the boundaries of weight loss and into total fitness. Measure success by the way your clothes fit, not some number on a scale. Get adequate amounts of sleep, but remember that people who exercise regularly fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly. Limit alcohol intake to special occasions.

Healthy Pancake recipes

Protein Pancakes
1 whole egg
2 egg whites
1 scoop protein powder
1/4 cup instant oatmeal
2-3 Tbsp water

Mix all together and fry. Serve with some fresh fruit or blend some strawberries in a blender with with a little bit of yogurt and some honey and pour over pancakes and eat. 

 Oatmeal Pancakes
1/2 cup of Oatmeal, uncooked
3 egg whites
1 medium banana, lightly mashed
cinnamon (optional)

Mix ingredients together and fry.

Losing weight after pregnancy!!

 After I had my daughter losing weight was the least thing on my mind. I had only gained 30 pounds during my pregnancy and it was the only time in my life I seem to have eaten clean. My life was never about clean eating. I only cared to eat clean during my pregnancy.

After I gave birth things changed. It was then, I started to eat unhealthy. It seems a little more difficult after you give birth. You're always tired and always hungry. It even hurts to walk and sometime sit. I know I was in an extreme amount of pain. I had several trips to see my doctor because I kept swelling up. My husband decided that he did not want to cook so fed me fast food. Everyday I had pizza, bread sticks, chicken wings and all unhealthy foods you can think of. At first it was not a problem for me. At the time he worked at a pizza place so he got discounts which made it alot easier to afford the pizza.

Eating fast food became a lifestyle for us. When I started breast feeding it made me feel hungry all the time so The more I ate.

Five months after having my daughter, I was standing in front the mirror with an orange dress. I remember thinking oh wow I look like I am 7 months pregnant. My stomach was bigger than what it was when I was pregnant. It was embarrassing. I had no idea that I had gotten that big. I avoided a mirror every time I saw one. After seeing how big I had gotten  had to do something about it. That is when I decided to go on a diet and to do something about my weight.

I started out with the special K diet. It failed for me. It works for some individuals but for me it failed. It was just to little eating. It failed because I ate alot. extreme portions. So trying to do a special k diet was not enough food for me. Then I tried the salad diet. That diet just had me frustrated all the time because I was always hungry. It was not enough calories.

Then I saw the insanity commercial and thought up to 30 pounds in two months. I knew I wanted to do the insanity workout program. But at the time I could not afford it.
I decided to change my lifestyle and not go on a diet but instead change the way I eat completely. In order to have changed my lifestyle I had to change my mindset. I had to change how I thought of food and change the way I view healthy. In order to succeed at weight loss and to maintain that weight you have to change your perspective about food in general. Some people see it as the enemy but it can be your friend.

I decided to throw out all my whites and replace it with whole grain or whole wheat. Whole grain was always my first choice. I did whole grain bread, whole grain tortilla shells, whole grain pasta, whole grain rice, whole grain cereals, whole wheat crackers anything whole grain or whole wheat. I started doing egg whites and I switched out my bacon to turkey bacon and also did turkey sausage. I started using skim milk but after some time decided to switch it out to almond milk and I also do soy milk. I like my soy milk with my protein shakes. I started to add fish into my diet and did ground turkey instead of ground beef. It is so much healthier for you.

But switching my diet was the first step and then came the working out part. I did not have insanity yet but I started with doing small exercises a day. I did some ab workouts. I also did jumping jacks, started trying to do push ups and I also started youtubing videos for ab workouts and other exercises. I did some light running and walking. I did 100 squats a day, I did 100 lunges a day as well. I also would just put on some music and dance around the place. I did alot of walking.
I started measuring out my portions. I would always do half a cup of starch for dinner, 1 cup of vegetables and 4oz of chicken, meat or fish. I measured every thing out when I ate. I always did 1/2 cup of oatmeal with water, 1 cup cereal and 1/2 cup milk, 4 egg whites and 3 pieces of turkey bacon, salads for lunch, or a sandwich, or stuffed tomatoes with tuna and a little bit of mustard, or a chicken ranch wrap but I only use 1 tbsp ranch , or a lettuce wrap so I had a variety. Eating healthy never has to be boring.
But in the end after a month or so I did insanity and lost 46 pounds in two months. I went from 180 pounds to 134 pounds. All in two months. I felt amazing. I made this change a lifestyle change.

You will fail a few times maybe 10 times but never give up just keep going. Cry if you have to. Scream if you need to but keep going and never stop and as you go it starts to become something you love and seek to do rather than something you hate.

Healthy Salad dressing

I have been looking into salad dressings for some time. Salads are healthy but the dressing is what really add those calories up. Some people, in fact most people love ranch. The only thing about ranch is that it has alot of calories in it and we all know that people don't have just a little they have alot of it.

There is also balsamic vinaigrette which is a healthy choice. I love balsamic vinaigrette. It is a healthy option  and is 60 calories, serving size 2 tablespoons.

You can also make your own salad dressings. One salad dressing I love making is my lime vinaigrette. What I do is take two limes, squeeze it out, add a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon of garlic and a pinch of salt. Not everyone would love this because it is a lime dressing but i love limes.
Dressing are not hard to come up with. Think of the dressings that you love or elements in a dressing that you love. It is easy to put something together.

I recently just discovered this new olive oil asian ginger salad dressing.  May I add how amazing this dressing is. I have a new love for this dressing. Yes I am still looking into more dressing because I love variety. It is only natural to get tired of things pretty fast. It is like when you eat the same thing all the time you get tired of eating it then you quit eating eat.
But if you are looking into healthy choices this is super delicious and healthy. It only contains 35 calories, serving 2 tablespoons. You do not taste the ginger as much. It has this unique, delicious flavour.
I would recommend everyone  to try this.
Turn to healthy alternatives not unhealthy ones.